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  McCain: Democrats' stance on Iraq flawed AP - Tue Apr 8, 3:42 AM ET

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said that calls from his Democratic rivals to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq stand as a "failure of leadership" as they are making promises they cannot keep. Democrat Barack Obama said the failure rests with McCain's support for an open-ended occupation of Iraq.

• Study: Dyslexia differs by language AP - Mon Apr 7, 11:06 PM ET

  WASHINGTON - Dyslexia affects different parts of children's brains depending on whether they are raised reading English or Chinese. That finding, reported in Monday's online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, means that therapists may need to seek different methods of assisting dyslexic children from different cultures.

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  HP unveils small laptop for schoolkids AP - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  SAN FRANCISCO - One more of the world's biggest technology companies is clamoring to enter the growing market for pint-sized computers targeted mainly for pint-sized customers.

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  Bob Dylan wins a Pulitzer prize AP - 56 minutes ago

  NEW YORK - Thanks to Bob Dylan, rock 'n' roll has finally broken through the Pulitzer wall. Dylan, the most acclaimed and influential songwriter of the past half century, who more than anyone brought rock from the streets to the lecture hall, received an honorary Pulitzer Prize on Monday, cited for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power."

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  Kansas surges past Memphis to NCAA title AP - 2 hours, 23 minutes ago

  SAN ANTONIO - Mario Chalmers' 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left in regulation put the game in overtime, and Kansas pulled away to a 75-68 victory on Monday night.

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  Petraeus faces presidential candidates Reuters - 22 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. commander in Iraq presents a long-awaited progress report to Congress on Tuesday but will offer little hope for improved security before a new American president takes over in January.

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  China turns patriotic wrath on Olympics demonstrators Reuters - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago

  BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday denounced protesters who upstaged Olympic Games torch relays in London and Paris and asked the United States to ensure that the next leg in San Francisco avoids similar mayhem.

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  Iran says installing 6,000 enrichment centrifuges Reuters - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has started to install 6,000 new centrifuges at its uranium enrichment facility, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday, an expansion of nuclear work the West fears is aimed at building bombs.

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  Over 400 children taken from Texas polygamist ranch Reuters - Mon Apr 7, 11:21 PM ET

  DALLAS (Reuters) - Authorities have now removed 401 children from a remote ranch in west Texas belonging to a breakaway Mormon sect linked to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, Texas authorities said on Monday.

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  Iraqi cleric threatens end to ceasefire Reuters - 16 minutes ago

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened on Tuesday to end a ceasefire he imposed on his militia last August, raising the prospect of further violence just as top U.S. officials get set to testify on Iraq's progress.

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  Tropical decay blights McCain's Panama birthplace Reuters - 43 minutes ago

  COCO SOLO, Panama (Reuters) - John McCain's birthplace in Panama was an idyllic tropical posting for U.S. sailors that the Republican presidential candidate speaks fondly of but the Caribbean port has crumbled into poverty and decay.

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  Zimbabwe court hears urgent opposition vote request Reuters - 56 minutes ago

  HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's High Court ruled on Tuesday it would treat the opposition's application for the immediate release of presidential election results urgently and began hearing arguments in the case.

• Pakistan's nuclear command stays unchanged: official Reuters - Tue Apr 8, 5:39 AM ET

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The command and control system for Pakistan's nuclear weapons will stay unchanged under the country's new government, made up of opponents of President Pervez Musharraf, an official said on Tuesday.

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  IOC raises prospect of abandoning global torch relay AFP - 34 minutes ago

  BEIJING (AFP) - Olympic chiefs on Tuesday raised the prospect for the first time of abandoning the international legs of the Beijing Games torch relay, amid a wave of protests targeting the flame overseas.

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  Pressure builds for Zimbabwe poll result 10 days on AFP - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago

  HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe's opposition was Tuesday given the green light to pursue a legal bid to force a declaration of the country's presidential election, 10 days on from the poll on Robert Mugabe's future.

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  Polygamist compound raid nets 401 children, 133 women AFP - Tue Apr 8, 4:24 AM ET

  ELDORADO, Texas (AFP) - Texas state authorities have removed more than 400 children from the secluded, sprawling compound of a polygamist sect, amid allegations of widespread sexual and physical abuse.

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  First Korean astronaut blasts off into space AFP - 27 minutes ago

  BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AFP) - South Korea's first astronaut Yi So-Yeon blasted off into space bound for the International Space Station on Tuesday, prompting her mother to collapse with the emotion of the occasion.

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  Gore convinced US will sign up to new climate treaty in 2009 AFP - Tue Apr 8, 1:01 AM ET

  TORSHAVN (AFP) - Nobel Peace Prize-winner and former US vice president Al Gore said Monday that he believes Washington will sign up to a new climate change treaty in Copenhagen in 2009.

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  British Telecom appoints new chief executive AFP - Tue Apr 8, 5:26 AM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - British telecoms operator BT Group said on Tuesday that its retail division chief, Ian Livingston, is to succeed Ben Verwaayen as chief executive in June.

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  Eurotunnel reports first profit AFP - Tue Apr 8, 3:49 AM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - Eurotunnel, which runs the rail tunnel under the Channel between Britain and France, on Tuesday reported its first annual profit since the giant project opened in 1994.

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  Smarter women marry, Australian research shows AFP - Mon Apr 7, 3:04 AM ET

  SYDNEY (AFP) - Women with a university degree are more likely to marry than their less-educated sisters, according to Australian research released Monday that reverses long-held views about bookish females.

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  Husbands create 7 hours of extra housework a week: study Reuters - Fri Apr 4, 6:33 PM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - For married women who can't figure out why they always have so much housework researchers may have the answer -- husbands.

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  Amid layoff news, many companies are still hiring The Christian Science Monitor - Mon Apr 7, 4:00 AM ET

  New York - From his vantage point, David Winslow does not see a recession or rising unemployment rate. Instead, the founder of a software company in Burlington, Vt., sees a hiring opportunity.

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  Car makers try to copy green halo of Prius Reuters - Mon Apr 7, 8:18 PM ET

  DETROIT (Reuters) - When Tom Weatherbee swapped his minivan for a Toyota Prius hybrid two years ago, he was mostly hoping to save money at the gas pump.

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  Well-heeled foodies get a taste of Thai poverty AFP - Sun Apr 6, 2:48 AM ET

  BAN TATIT VILLAGE, Thailand (AFP) - Despite a moral snub from several star French chefs, a Thai luxury hotel group ploughed ahead with a meal it claimed would help bridge the divide between the rich and poor.